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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 56425

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At a glance

School

506

Students

Top rankedBaxter Elementary282^nd of 872 Minnesota elementary schools

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Summary:

The 56425 zip code area is home to two elementary schools: Baxter Elementary and Brainerd Early Childhood Special Education. While both schools serve the Brainerd Public School District, they have distinct profiles and performance levels.

Baxter Elementary stands out as a high-performing school, consistently ranking in the top 25-30% of Minnesota elementary schools and outperforming the district and state averages on key metrics like test scores and student-teacher ratios. The school's math and reading proficiency rates are significantly above the Brainerd Public School District and Minnesota state averages, and it maintains a relatively low free and reduced lunch rate of 34.64%.

In contrast, Brainerd Early Childhood Special Education appears to be a more specialized school focused on early childhood and special education, with a much higher free and reduced lunch rate of 66.33% and a lower student-teacher ratio of 6.8, likely due to the specialized nature of the school's services.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)			MCA-III Reading (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Baxter Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	12191 Jasperwood Drive	Baxter	56425	Crow Wing County	Brainerd Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 454-6400	506	34	14.9	31.8%	462 (91.3%)	9 (1.8%)	11 (2.2%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.8%)	68.8	282^nd of 872 public elementary schools	67.7%		73.8	220^th of 881 public elementary schools	75.0%	62	64.3	59.1	61.8	53.6	54.3	53.9	$11,504

Cities Near Zip Code 56425

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Baxter	0.24 mi	4	124^th
Brainerd	3.76 mi	11	335^th
Pillager	8.75 mi	5	198^th
Nisswa	12.39 mi	1	75^th
Pequot Lakes	17.9 mi	3	62^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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